The Friends Provident 40-over final will be held away from Lord's this year due to a dispute between the England and Wales Cricket Board and the MCC, reports the Daily Mail.

It will be the first time the domestic final has been played away from cricket's headquarters since the first version of competition began in 1963.

The new format, introduced this year to replace the 50-over competition had been scheduled to conclude at Lord's on 18 September, but the MCC – which owns the ground – believes the match has been scheduled too late and it has pulled out of the arrangement. That date was only a week after the semi-finals, leaving the MCC only a week to sell tickets.

The MCC chief executive, Keith Bradshaw, said: "It is not a case of us not wanting to host the final. There is effectively only a week to sell tickets and we don't have any idea of which counties will be there in advance."